GV has led a consortium that included SR One, MRL Ventures, Lundbeckfonden Ventures and Kraft Group in an overubscribed round that closed at $51.7m.

GV and Acre Venture Partners were among the returning investors as Farmer's Business Network increased its overall funding to about $88m.

A Ping An subsidiary has led a series C round for the livestreaming platform developer that valued it at $400m and took its total funding to $180m.

LinkedIn-backed data streaming software provider Confluent took its overall funding to $81m in a round led by new investor Sequoia.

Hedvig has obtained series C capital from a consortium that included Hewlett Packard Enterprise and several government-owned entities.

Urjanet, a Georgia Institute of Technology spinout, has obtained $20m in series C funding led by Oak HC/FT.

IFC previously committed $10m to the round in January and has now been joined by investors including Sands Capital, which in turn has also promised $10m.

The round has closed at $13.4m following an extension provided by Fenox Venture Capital, which has joined existing backers such as Nihon Kotsu, Recruit and Kyoto Bank.

C3Nano, the developer of conductive material Active-Grid, has closed a $12m series C round featuring industrial products company Nagase.

The car sharing platform has raised fresh capital from shareholders including Hearst Media and China Pacific Insurance, bringing its total haul to $130m to date.